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This just in, President Bush has added Canada, Mexico and "most of those European bastards" to the Axis of Evil upon learning that they have in their possession, or intend to start programs that could create, ear plugs.

kat -- While not quite a joke, the article is certainly an exaggeration. If you check out ATC's Web site at www.atcsd.com, you'll see they are planning it mostly as a targeted loudspeaker to talk/warn/direct people from 300 yards away.

I think that is even worse. How strange would it be to be addressed by a disembodied voice that no one else in the mob can hear? Just you and the other schizoaffectives...

My first thought when I read the article was what the crap... but then I believed it because I worked at a daycare last summer in the infant room. Me and five screaming babies... nine hours a day. Sometimes someone else would work with me if we had more kids. Then we could have 12 screaming babies at one time. One was colicky (I know it doesn't look like it's spelled right, but it is.) I swear to you, every single day I had to have someone give me a pep talk at lunch just to go back inside for the rest of the day. I am getting a migraine as I think about it now...

Believe it or not, I have seen something similar to this...the Discovery Channel (US) did a piece on a device that generates an ultra-loud "screech" that instantly causes pain and disorientation...and it's directional! From behind the unit, you can't hear anything (but you still need ear protection, just in case). It's pretty similar to the device described in the article.

Of course, the Pentagon's not gonna take it seriously...if it doesn't fire bullets or cause huge explosions, they don't want to spend boatloads of our bucks on it.

I am a stay-at-home mom. I think that this would be an effective weapon, but I think that it should have an enhancement feature where the guy shooting the gun could push a button and add the "after school,hungry, fighting, crying, whining battle of three sibs before dinner" noise. That would cause not only permanent hearing damage, but also cause the enemies to tear out their hair and surrender while screaming out "OK I am fixing dinner RIGHT NOW."